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Lake Waramaug State Park

Lake Waramaug State Park from directly overhead

Lake Waramaug State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 214 m. Whitcomb Hill stands 459 m to the north, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Golf Course Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
214 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.70669, -73.38314
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Warren Town Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Lake Waramaug Boat Ramp (Town of Washington): 2.3 mi
  • Town Green: 3.2 mi
  • Kent Green: 4.9 mi
  • Kent Commons Park: 5.0 mi
Historic sites: 50
Waterfalls: 45
Museums: 41
Attractions: 25
  • Peter's Forge: 4.7 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 6.3 mi
  • Indian village: 7.3 mi
  • New Milford Tank: 9.1 mi
  • Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 14
  • Judea Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 11.9 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 17.5 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 19.3 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 13
Artworks: 8
  • Jean Widmark: 11.2 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 20.3 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 20.4 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 20.4 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 20.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Hermit spring: 20.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 18.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Lake Waramaug State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitcomb HillN 4°459 m5.8 mi
Above AllNE 48°450 m2.1 mi
Peck MountainNNE 21°447 m6.1 mi
Town HillNE 51°429 m4.3 mi
Bromica MountainNNW 331°428 m3.0 mi
Huckleberry HillN 3°426 m2.2 mi
Mauwee PeakNW 323°426 m3.5 mi
Chapel Pond HillW 276°426 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 17 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Anabaena7 obs
  • Great Blue Heron5 obs
  • wild geranium5 obs
  • bloodroot5 obs
  • ragged-robin5 obs
  • Mallard4 obs
  • Canada Goose4 obs
  • Monarch4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/69488943

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